New PostgreSQL from Cygwin
My latest Cygwin update left me with Postgres 7.2.1 and it works like a champ. I hadn't been able to get it to work correctly prior to updating, despite making three attempts. It comes with plperl.dll and plpython.dll - python and perl stored procedures are sooooo messed up. That is such a job-security-inducing architecture (i.e. obscure).
I used pg to mess around with Michael Cleverly's nstcl, trying to figure out a strategy for getting OpenACS to work well on Windows. I was leaning towards TCL/FastCGI, and simply removing the AOLServer dependencies, but that falls under the category of nontrivial things to do. I think using TCL on Windows (like TCLScript or FastCGI) is not really a good way to go, because it's such a departure from where the community is. A big part of the appeal of OpenACS is that so many talented people understand how it works. You're not leaving clients with Joe's brand web framework when the projects over, if it's built there. Having said that, I wish it were easier to attempt to mainstream some of the libraries better features.
I'm going to skip the TCL/Windows stuff, and see if I can get the kernel running by porting the db-specific library in OpenACS. Since this will probably entail mucking around with a beta nsd driver and possibly the data access internals, I'm going to back-burner that until I have some more free time.
5:15:20 PM 
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